Background
Morrison, Catherine Joan was born on June 17, 1953 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Stanley Roy and Phyllis May (Parkinson) Morrison.
Morrison, Catherine Joan was born on June 17, 1953 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Stanley Roy and Phyllis May (Parkinson) Morrison.
Bachelor with honors in Economics, University British Columbia, Vancouver, 1977. Master of Arts in Economics, University British Columbia, Vancouver, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University British Columbia, Vancouver, 1982.
Instructor, New York University, New York City, 1981-1982;
assistant professor economics, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1982-1988;
associate professor, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1988-1994;
professor, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1994-1995;
chair department economics, Tufts U., Medford, 1994-1995;
professor economics, University of California, Davis, since 1995. Consultant Datametrics, Ltd., Calgary, 1978-1981, Bureau Census, Center Economics Studies, 1984-1987, Analysis Group, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1989-1990, Jack FaucettAssocs., 1993. Research economist division productivity and technical Bureau Labor Statistics, International Affairs and Activities, 1981, National Bureau Economics Research, 1983-1986.
Research associate N.B.E.R., 1986-1992. Participant National Bureau Economics Research Summer Institute, since 1982. Guest professor of University Mannheim, Germany, 1985.
Visiting scholar Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1986, 88, 89. Associate Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, since 1988. Visiting professor Bilkent U., Ankara, Turkey, 1989.
Resident scholar Federal Reserve Board, 1992. Member visiting commission to evaluate graduate program Northeastern U., 1993.
Married Ernst R. Berndt, January 4, 1985 (divorced April 1993). 1 stepchild, Jeffrey David.